‘Brazil’s Trump’ Bolsonaro Lost — But Anti-Democratic Movements Seldom Accept Electoral Defeat
UPDATE, October 31: This Sunday Lula won the Brazilian presidential election by an extremely narrow…
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Australians Vote Overwhelmingly For Marriage Equality; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Australia: Voters overwhelmingly support marriage equality; opponents seek religious exemptions Australian voters overwhelmingly expressed support…
Read More‘Rising Global Tide’ Of Anti-Gay Crackdowns; More in Global LGBT Recap
International At the Washington Post, Max Bearak takes note of the “rising global tide of…
Read MoreIs LGBT-Muslim Clash Aiding Rise of Right in Europe?
OutRight Action International has published quotes from speakers at the meeting of the LGBTI Core…
Read MoreAustralian Church Nixes Straight Couple’s Wedding Over Their Marriage Equality Support; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Vitit Muntarbhorn, a Thai lawyer and diplomat, cited health problems in resigning effective October 31…
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Challenging Both Homophobia in Islam and Populist Bogeyman of ‘The Homophobic Muslim’; and More in Global LGBT Recap
Taken together, several articles published this week challenge populist portrayals of the “homophobic Muslim” as…
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Global Religious Right Asks ‘How Far Can We Get?’; And More in the Global LGBT Recap
Social conservatives from around the world gathered in Brussels last week to ask each other,…
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Religious Traditionalists Resist Marriage Equality, Artist Questions What Is “Un-African” & More in This Global LGBT Recap
ILGA notes that some women in more than 50 countries went on strike on Wednesday’s…
Read MoreAnti-Gay, Anti Catholic Evangelical Sworn In As Mayor of Rio; More in Global LGBT Recap
Durga Sengupta at CatchNews.com reported on progress and backlash on LGBT issues in India and…
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In This Week’s LGBT Recap: Are Gay Priests Overdue for a Stonewall Moment?
“Unless gay priests decide that it’s time for their Stonewall moment, Church leaders–some of them closeted, sometimes self-loathing, homosexually-oriented men themselves–will continue to utter the slander that affects not just ordained gay men and seminarians, but every LGBTQ person in the Church.”
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